Jail Mental Health Officer Master Trainer VI

PROGRAM INFORMATION:
This Master Trainer course of the Jail Mental Health Officer Certification Program will equip trainers with the ability to effectively facilitate the program and develop community partners who will collaboratively deliver the curriculum to county jail staff. Additionally, it is the goal of providing this course to make trainers available across the state, where agencies may not have the resources to deliver this training. Agencies who attend are committed to delivering this curriculum and opening their JMHO courses to outside participants and to supporting delivery of the training in areas where it is not accessible.

CMIT will cover cost of training material, snack breaks, all meals, parking and hotel nights. Agencies are responsible for travel expenses.

ELIGIBILITY:
This training is designed for licensed county jailers in the State of Texas who have completed the 5900 Jail Mental Health Officer (JMHO) training and obtained their JMHO certification through TCOLE. The nominee must also be a certified TCOLE instructor.

The JMHO training is not a program where by everyone and anyone that applies will attend. This program is limited to 24 participants. Staff must be nominated by their Sheriff and nomination forms and letters of support must be submitted by the deadline.

HOW WILL NOMINEES BE SELECTED TO ATTEND?
CMIT will consider a variety of diversity issues in selecting participants. The Institute will review nominations and select qualified participants that represent a diverse selection of regions and agencies.

GUIDELINES:
Step 1 Nomination Nominations must be signed by the nominee’s Sheriff and submitted, along with a letter of a support providing information on the nominee and the understanding of the agency’s commitment to deliver the JMHO training. The TCOLE training record of the nominee must be included with the nomination form and letter.

Step 2 Registration Accepted nominees will receive a letter of acceptance and will be provided a link to register. The Sheriff of those staff who are not accepted, will be notified.

* Unless otherwise noted, hotel arrangements are the responsibility of the participant.